Trisha Sebastian of Saucy Goose Press (the folks behind SMUT PEDDLER) passed along this little gem, by way of Harris O’Malley:
On the floor at Comic-Con, amid the dark, the erotic, and the just plain weird, a few booths tried to function as cities on hills. The Christian Comics Arts Society (CCAS) had for the ninth year set up a small table that displayed mostly evangelical-style comics. A book rack held titles like Eric Jansen’s The Christ of Prophecy; Robert Flores’ The Graphical Epistle of John, James & Jude; and Proverbs & Parables, a thick compilation of illustrated Bible stories by Christian artists, some of whom have worked for secular comic publishers like DC and Marvel.
Formed in 1984, CCAS locates and links Christians who are interested or active in the comic-book and comic-strip medium and functions as a loose fellowship for writers and illustrators, both accomplished and aspiring, working in mainstream or niche comic publishing. Over the years it has gained better convention-hall placement and overcome some industry skepticism. But one table over, writer/illustrator Harris O’Malley of Austin, Texas, propped up a couple of issues of Smut Peddler, a collection of erotic comics. “They’re intended to be positive, female-friendly, and funny adult comics,” Mr. O’Malley told WORLD, “as opposed to your reading them and thinking, OK, my brain is soiled forever now.”
Right.
SMUT PEDDLER is floating around out there, though it looks like the website really needs some volume-3-friendly updates. Here’s a bit more about it from one of the editors, Johanna of Comics Worth Reading.
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